Spinning machine



Oct. 21, 1930. s. MOORHOUSE SFINNING MACHINE Filed Jan. 19,' 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I A s.

Oct. 21, 1930. s, MOQRHQUSE 1,778,907

. SPINNING MACHINE Filed Jan. 19, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTKS:

10 are wound thereomso "will the retardationbe,

the last coils'of yarn are/wound upontheboh-v .25 require while said tension may-,be autofi iati- 1 "3 :plate and spindle} with one ofmy improved I Fig. 3 is a sectional .pian mkaenM5 343 f '49 ,in two electromagnets' for' eachfbobbin as V hereinafter described.

Q with parts connecte ad thereto" asis her-oin- Pa tented Oct. 21, 193i) 1 SAIYIUEL-MOORHO'USE, crumbs-EN LA D SPINNING ivrAcn iivnf Application filed :ranuarfia iegs; Serial no. 247,9 1, anan- Great'Br itain Januar 31, 1927.

This invention relates to drag devices for the bobbins of spinning machinesknown as ed, upon fly'er spinning doubling, twistinglan'd like scribed. I v frames and consists inthe production and In carryi'ngrny invention into'efi'ect-I make '6 application of means whereby the drag or re tardation of the bobbinsis automatically reg 1, ulated so that. according to the desired-speed ,at which they have to run as'regulatednby' their increasing diametersas the coils f-yarn according to one arrangement as shown by 011% one 'sidefof the spindle 6 while another pole iece is on the other side"of; said spinadjusted to meet the said requirements and dle withnon-fna-gnetic metal pieces c, occu-. keep {the tension" "orlpull on the threads. ,,pyingthe. spaces between.saidf pole pieces a throughout the spinningoperati'ons even and amazin'orde'r to form a continuous surface regular. That. isto *say the tension-of "the juponandf'over which the base d? ofthebobbin yarn at tllGCOIDlIlGIICGIIlQIlt ofthecoilingiofc dniayrestandrevolvei same upon the empty, bobbin is regulated" Theibfase d (see Fig. 1) of-the'bobbin d automatically so that it does not idisadvan tageously vary from said condition throughout the whole of the winding operations until 7 'and ;thi is. secured by-screws' or otherwise bins. The 1 devices]. Iemploy enable me to bobbin will have grooves d "in itat'o'jallow -adjust same soithat at the'lcominencementof I the spinning and Winding operations I can have axgreater or lesst'ension as occasion may cally increased-as the increasing diameter of' V the coils on the bobbins necessitatel l 1 also ."'sef c:1i1v3. retardation of said bobbin while 7 V In the accompanying sheets ofdrawingsze"whenjthe bobbin-is placed loios'e'ly with the Fig.1 is 'afsectionalfelevation ofthe' lifter magnetic drag devices mounted thereon, said; devices being also' shownin cliflhe s d V Fig. 2-is' afplan otthe parts shownby Fig. 'atand' a? or 1withthebobbinremoved.

of'F-ig. l. The devices:shown 'by s aidFig-jf' ures 2 and '3 vare drawn approximately 1 111 size. .7 IiFig. 4 is a plan showing a modification us- I Fig' eii s an end elevation end frame ,7

or" a ;spinning and like machine,-,apart oif'. which is cut away to show theglifter plate 'sftood thus when the cu'rrent pa'sses through in? desired manner:-.-* Y

after explained; Fig. 6 is a front elevationto alargerscale showing certain of the parts adjoining the'j lifter rail illustrated by-Fig;5L" l showing the lower flange of a bobbinmount 7 metalsupport hereinafter deiise of an electro-nia-gnet foreach' spindle b which" carries the flyer 1 'b-' and this magnet Fig.4 is 'so ffornied that one 'polepiece a is.

has' secured to it a plate f'of iron or 'steel' Tloosely'upo'n J the magnet in which case the tosaid base al or, may be arranged torest I the vprojections' f and' f (Figlfi) to take into "same. in 1 well known 'manneigf thus while v I .'the" 'actions "of the electi'onia'gnet upon "the l plate 7 are such-as to-retard its rotation the screws securing said platetothe bobbin (2 grooves in its base" spanning the" proj ections "and'f jthen'the ret'ardationgof the plate "f has also the efiectyof reta-rdingthe ,bobbi'n f "plate f-rests uponthe pole' pieces" 7 31s retained above same siifficient- 1 y asto.be, clear thereof.butostill 'i'emain under the,;magnetic influence ot-said 'pole piecesi i nstead 1 01 making use; ofrthe pole pieces a, and a I .fi'nd that the central part a of I ,'the member a shown ,b -Figs; ';1',';.2; a d 3' 5 "acts efi iciently' fand[this member lf arrange tobe surroundedbythe'coils of wireg which w 7 energize the centra'l' part lz? aswill beundersaidcoilf'g the central-part a ofthe member 1 afis magnetizedand-j'acts uponthefplate j' I j i j :95.

th fOImerfarrangement as shown Fig 4:.wheref'l haveatwo pol pie es m and, a d two Tseparatecoils 'g and g? ,'=l' may v v arrange saidcoils" g andfgF'tO'be connected fFig. 7 is an elevation (partly insection) xiii-"series;thecoils 9 fo'rrningfone serieswhiles fw 3 the member a is formed so that in the annular space 2 the insulated coils vof wire 9 may be placed ,lll such a manner that one-end 3 of the coils of wire 9 may be in contact with the litter plate h while the other end 3f will be in contact with a strip of copperor like good conducting metal k which is mounted upon'and insulated from said lifter' iate-h:

lhe coils" g are insulated from the member. a so that when the currentis passed through sameby passing through thestrip of copper thecircuit iscompleted by the'said current earthing through the lifter plate It.

. As means for re ulatin or ad'ustin each v r w e v magnet a-so that it wlllact asdes1red, or

.to the required extentupon itsrespective bobbln d, I arrange the upper surface m ot surface m hardened lsecure a desired form of 'surfaceup'on which the plate-ff; may re V volVe. By having I the said annular member m screw threaded at miirorder to take over thfllpart a of the membera l amenabled to rotatesaid member m and cause it to rise or descend over the part a and therefore to raise the plate f slightly" above the upper; fsurface of E the magnet a? or to lower same rinto actual conta-cttherewith if necessary,

"thus thefdrag 'oneach bobbin; or the actions "of the electromagnet thereon through the plate if, maybe adjusted at the commencejment'of thespinning operations} 1 -When itis-desirl'd to have slid dragautd; mat ically Varied, as whens-pinn ng copszo r 1 upon bobbins-where the shoulderpart tapers down to a nose partofthe cop as shownjby Fig. 6 thenI may have ayaryingrheostat p torso-that the strength of the current is de-. creasedasthenose of the cop isappro'ached in lwell known manner whilegitis increased when coils of "yarn are being wound on the shoulder parts of said cops. -;In this arrange Qmen't' ofdevices the risinggjand falling ofthe' V lifter plate h; carries the contact piece it-{over 1 the terminalsv oftherheostat p and this rh e 2 sra s d nd a liu e l y h pper endof the contact piece" it}? rising and falling "with-the litterplate. Said lifter plate lzg also' acts uponnprojections p and p soas toadj ust sameyin a higher or :lowerpositionas the building ofthe coppro'ceeds As means for regulating or etainingthe V annularLmember minany position on which" it mayhaye been ad ustediajsprmg actuated sphereor" ball; which -is carried by the handle s ;is caused toenter the notches m {made in lthe-member a asshown E- ig. 3-

.lbe providedfor by the rheostat y. Y

. said ve n W Id -1m i ;=.v:pan annular member m to form thesurface for actualcontactiwith and the support for the: plate 7" audits bobbin d, thus by having said annular-member m of steel with its upper 11 In drag; devices for flyer spi plate through which said spindle; extends,-

doubling, twisting and; like; 'machinesf a spin le, a fly r, Incen e r t a plate-through said spindle fextends; Zen:. l oma n .-mo n d n' "S id p a means for controllingthe electriccurrentfsup- .r i w s d. ele tr m s etfab b ng-1a tatable withfthe bobbin and-"arranged to be while ifthe member m is desired to be retained in position without being interfered- I with by said adjusting sphere or ballls then the member on may be turned so that the the end of-the machine in sucha position as to be acc'e'ssiblefte the attendant. In this case the current is arranged to pass through theswitch w, through thevoltumeter. 00,

through the rheostat and cablei y to the I strip hon the lifter plateVtI theemploy ;ment ot these devices the current may beincreased or decreased V- nstrength V wlll be understood so that the drag; requirements of any particular kind of thread or fibre may Such being the nature and obj ect fin g doublin'g, V twisting and like Y machines a spindle, a fiyel, means ion rotating said y e r atezth h whic i a ep n e 9 a tends,,{an electro-magnet mounted on said in e s m s for er zing Said el em as eta bobb n, m al; disc f m g e a {.xhembkerjarranged to be fixed to-said bobbin riabove h l c romag et y circular electromagnetfmounted; on said niatamean in n rgizi ei i d: et em ;net; a bobb n anda metalsdisc}fornnngithe drag 'n ember; arranged above said electroma an oo, b detetha y secu ed be th tin g said lflyer,

tarding surface, afmetal drag member romoved into i contact with: ret arding surface j-iihe i 1 1 gnet. s -;,Qi re i i means for automat cally lncre'asing a'nd fde-v creasing the dragwhen. the thread isji-be i ng oundupon the shoulder of a copfaridfionthe nose of thecopf i i la -drag d vi es b Yer. i ine;-d

- 'bling, twisting and likemachi'nes, a plurality 0f spindles and 'fiyer s, means? for rotating] saidgflyeraaplatethrough.whichtheseriesiof e spindles extends; an electromagneti onls'aid plate for each spindle, means l tor' sufppl-ying '7 -an electric {current to said electromagnets,

urrentniay adjusting said be .I lll@9d-i -9; Equa y, i 3 E595??? l f Q jet tromagnets, a metal drag member foreach spindle each of said drag members being arranged upon its controlling electromagnet and a bobbin or likemember mounted upon each of said drag members so as to rotate therewith. I v p 5. In drag devices forfiyer spinning, 'do'ubling, twisting andlike'machines, a plurality fiyers, a'plate through which said spindles extend, electromagnets mounted on said of spindles and flyers, means for'rotating said plate, devices for supplying an electric cur rent-to so as to energize theelectromagnets,

a rheostat for controlling said current, metal drag members above and operatingin "C011? junction with the electromagnets and bobbins mounted upon the metal drag member so as to rotate with them.

-6. In drag devices for spinning machines,'thecombination of a spindle, a flyer,

means for rotating the flyer, aplate through which the spindle extends, an electromagnet mounted on said plate, means for energizing the magnet, a member provided with a re tarding surface, av rotatable bobbin, and a metal drag memberrotatabIe with the bobbin said magnet, a memberprovided'with'a re-y V tardingsurface, a ro'tatablebobbim a metal and arranged to be attractedby the magnet 7 into contact with said retardingsurface; V

7; In drag devices for spinnin machines, 3 I, the combination of a spindle, a yer, means A 7 for rotating the fiyer," a plate through which the spindle extends, an electro=magnetmount ed on said plate and including a pluralityof coils, means for energizing said magnet,- a

member provided with a retardingsurface, a I rotatable bobbin, and a metal dragimembe'r arranged above the 'electro-magnet and rotat I moved into contact with'said retarding surface when the magnet is energized. I

1 10. In drag devices for'spinnin machines, the combination of a; spindle, a dyer, means for rotating the flyer,"a plate through which the spindle extends, an electromagnet on said plate, means for energizing the 'magnet, a member providedwith a retardlngsurface', a

rotatable bobbin, and a metal drag member rotatable with the bobbin and positionedbe- V tween the bobbin and magnet and adapted to be attracted into; contactwith said retarding I surface when the "magnet is energized.

11, In drag devices forspinni'ng machines,

the combination of a spindle, a .fiyer, means for rotating the flyer, a plate through which the spindle extends, an-electromagnet on said i plate, means for energizing the magnet,'a I

rotatable' bobbin, a member provided with a retarding surface, a metal dragmember rotating with the'bobbin andarranged above the magnet to be attracted thereby into con- 'tact with said retarding surface, an'adjust- 3 able member for varying the action of the a v,

retaining said adjustablemember in any'de- V magnet on the drag member, and means for sired position.-

able with the bobbin, the drag member being 1 attracted into contact with saidretarding surface when the-magnet is energized;

8. In drag devices-for'spinning machines,

the combination of a spindle, a flyer, means 7 for rotating the flyer, a plate. through which the spindle, extends, an electro-magnet=* mounted on said plate, means for energizing;

drag? member rotatablewith th'ef 'bobbin and arranged above andadapted to be attracted V b the magnet into contact with saidretard-i 7 ing, surface when the magnet isenergized,

' I andmeans for varying the net on the drag membenze:

the spindle extends," ani electro-mag' net i 9. drag devices for.spinningmachines,.' a the combination of a spindle,-a flyer, means for rotating the flyer, a plate through which;

mounted on said plate;imeans for, energizing action ofthe magy I SAMUEL Mo'onnonsn, 

